Trayate means to liberate, to
liberate man from bondgage, from the Seven Deadly Sins which bind
him to the sublunar world. The purging of mortal dross is a must for
Self-Actualisation and the " inner enemies of man " Lust,
greed, anger, jealousy, sloth, covetousness & attachment ) are
the real blocks in the way of Self Actualisation

Liberation is not possible without expansion of Consciousness. When
our individual Consciousness expands to Cosmic, we feel whole &
are liberated from the thraldom of matter.

The Upanishadic Philosophy was based on the Five Concentric Sheaths
known as the Five Koshas. The outermost concentric Sheath, the Anna
Maya Kosha, is known as the Material Sheath. It envelopes the other
four sheaths - vital, mental, intellectual & bliss. These five
layers exist as the layers of an onion.

Tantra, on the other hand, speaks about the Six Chakras, dynamoes of
Cosmic
Energy in the human body.

She lies coiled in human beings as the Coiled Serpent Power (
Kundalini). She rises during Mediation and Yogic processes.

Her rise can be felt by the meditator. When She rises, a subtle
warmth will be felt in the body. Voice changes. Voice becomes
musical, " propertied as the tuned spheres". The
personality of the native becomes very attractive due to the influx
of Jupiterian energy. Wisdom and learning grace the individual. When
She rises furthur, torrential bliss will be felt. And when She
reaches the Crown Chakra, it is Cosmic Consciousness for the native
!

Who is She, this Eternal Feminine ?

The luminous heart of the Unknown is she,
A power of silence in the depths of God;
She is the Force, the inevitable Word,
The magnet of our difficult ascent,
The Sun from which we kindle all our suns,
The Light that leans from the unrealised Vasts,
The joy that beckons from the impossible,

- Bhagavan Aurobindo - Savitri

She sports as Universal Power in the Macrocosm; and in the microcosm
as the coiled Serpent Power!

Infinite Power of the Absolute art Thou!
The Cause of the Universe as Maya
The entire Creation is Thy Play
Thy blessing is Bliss Absolute !

The essence of all sciences art Thou
All women Thy manifestations !
The visible Universe Thou art
And the dormant Serpentine Power !

One of the
pioneers in Tantra Research was Sir John Woodroffe , who had written
many scholarly treatises on the subject. His magnum opus is the
"Serpent Power", which is a scientific treatise about the
Kundalini. His
practice of Tantra endowed him with personal magnetism. He became
the cynosure of all eyes. There was a special lustre on his face, he
possessed the Golden Tongue of Good Report & there was a
spiritual halo around him. He had developed his Auric Field ( the
human electro-magnetic field ) due to Tantric techniques and bacame
a dynamo of spiritual energy. His masterly book is a scientific
diagnosis about Tantra.

The heart and vocal nervous centers are intimately related
physiologically. Bhava Shuddhi or purity of Heart makes the voice
innocent and musical. The true Initiate is he whose voice is true
and who possesses the Golden Tongue of Good Report!

The Cosmic Shakti is the Force behind the Universe & the entire
Universe is her play & display. Kundalini is Her microcosmic
representation. She has been depicted as the Mother Goddess in Pagan
philosophies.

Nature is visible Intelligence; Intelligence is invisible Nature.
The Spiritual & the Natural are not different. That which is
spiritual is natural in its ascent & cause. That which is
natural is spiritual in its descent and being.
She is the female component of the Ultimate and all systems deal
with the male and the female components of Reality. The male
component is He ! Consciousness and Force, the Supreme Self and
Nature, Matter and Spirit, Being and Becoming, the One and the
Innumerable, the Formless and then a delirium of Forms - She and He,
two in one, inseparable ! He, outside Time, outside Space, pure
Being, pure Consciousness, the Great White Silence wherein
everything is contained in a state of involution, contained, yet
formless !

She flings forth from Him in an outburst of joy, again to find Him
playing in Time, She and He, two in one , inextricable! Can Nature
exist without her Lord ? Can He exist without Nature ?

This is the Purusha and Prakriti of Sankhya, the Brahman and Maya of
Vedanta , the Sive and Shakti of Tantra !

Without Him, I exist not
Without Me, He is unmanifest ! - The Mother of Auroville
It is due to Her Grace that a man becomes a material success. It is
She who gives the successful man the indomitable Will Power needed
for success.

On the other hand, it is also Her Grace which giveth spiritual
success. It is She who gives the devotee the necessary
Self-knowledge, makes him do altruistic acts & leads him to
Self-Actualisation. In other words, She has two aspects, material
& spiritual and Her Grace is absolutely necessary for success in
both the spheres. .

It is said that She, as the Prakriti ( Nature ) of Purusha ( Supreme
Self), is the base of the Universe & when She becomes supremely
pleased with the devotee, confers on him Self-Actualisation !

She is the Creatrix, She is the Mediatrix, She is the Dispensatrix
and the Executrix of the absolute mechanism of Universal Justice.

Power is Divine and not to be condemned

It is this Power aspect of Consciousness which India has depicted as
the Divine Mother. It is a mistake of the ethical and the religious
mind to condemn Power as something unworthy because it is in its
very nature corrupting and evil. Despite arguments to the contrary (
Power corrupts and absolute Power corrupts absolutely), Power,
Shakti, Will is the mover of the worlds and basically is spiritual
in origin and divine in character !

A Power to call Eternity into Time
And make the body's joy as vivid as the soul's !.

The
highest philosophic concept is that of the Philosopher-King, he who
possesses powers both eternal and temporal. They were known as Raja-Rishies
in India. Lord Rama, Lord Krishna, King Janaka were all Raja-Rishies.
Marcus Aurelius & Augustus Caesar in the West were also reputed
Philosopher-Kings. They did not renounce power !

There is talk in
the West about Tantra sacred sex. Sex is spiritual and something
which comes from the inner recesses of our being. Tantra
sexuality means sexuality powered by Tantric methods. Tantra Yoga is
the union of Tantra and Yoga. The Kundalini of Tantra is the power
latent in humans and the power of the Shakti which controls the
Universe. Creation is Her play and
display. The Western
equivalent of Tantra is the Craft of the Wise,
Witchcraft, derived from the German word 'Wicca' meaning
Wisdom.

Tantra
as related to Astrology

Tides are caused by the Moon. The human body is 65% water. ( Even
the Archbishop of Canterbury is 65% water ). If Moon can effectuate
tides, what effect will he have on the human body which is
predominantly water? And what about the effects of other planets ?